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Test 8 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

«Me mam's dead quiet today, she won't talk, what've I done?» asks Zoe in Newcastle. It's the anniversary of her brother's death. Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mam, Zoe, It, brother · What happens: not talk, do, ask, be, die · To what, where: Newcastle, anniversary · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: «Me mam's dead quiet today, she won't talk, what've I done?» asks Zoe in Newcastle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 quiet	punct
2	Me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 mam	compound
3	mam	mam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quiet	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mam	case
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quiet	amod
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 asks	nsubj
7	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quiet	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 talk	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 talk	nsubj
10	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 talk	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 talk	advmod
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 quiet	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 done	punct
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 done	obj
15	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 done	aux
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 done	nsubj
17	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 talk	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 quiet	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 quiet	punct
20	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 asks	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 Newcastle	case
23	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 asks	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk in a quote	future	mam						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do in a quote	present · perfect	Zoe						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	present	Zoe			Newcastle			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: It's the anniversary of her brother's death.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 anniversary	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 anniversary	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 anniversary	det
4	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 death	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 death	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 brother	case
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 anniversary	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 anniversary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the anniversary				of mam's brother's death	tree rules
2	die		mam's brother						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 3: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Mum has stopped loving the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stopped	aux
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	loving	love	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stopped	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present · perfect	Mum						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	love	gerund	Mum not said here	the family					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nothing; Mum is remembering her son and feeling sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 remembering	punct
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remembering	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 remembering	aux
5	remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remembering	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 feeling	cc
9	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 remembering	conj
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feeling	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present · progressive	Mum	Mum's son					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent son=Theme
2	feel	gerund	Mum not said here					sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Zoe must have done something very naughty that Mum found out about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 done	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 done	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 done	aux
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 done	obj
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 naughty	advmod
7	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 found	mark
9	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	nsubj
10	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 naughty	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 found	compound:prt
12	about	about	ADV	_	4 done	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	must · perfect	Zoe	something				about property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
2	find out	past	Mum						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Mum has forgotten what day it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 forgotten	ccomp
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 what	obl:unmarked
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 day	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	Mum						tree rules
2	is a	present							tree rules
3	day		it						tree rules

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